| 期刊全称 | (Mis)trusting Development | | 期刊简称 | Social Struggles and | | 影响因子2023 | Margit Ystanes | | 视频video | | | 发行地址 | An innovative and original approach to the ambiguous role of trust in development processes.Advances the theorization of trust and the contribution of ethnographic approaches to research on trust and | | 图书封面 |  | | 影响因子 | .This book explores the role of trust in social struggles related to tropical forest preservation in El Petén, Guatemala. The author combines ethnographic exploration of how trust is formed in the local context with insights about postcolonial inequalities, which structure discourses on development and climate change in ways that exclude local actors. .Empirically, the book follows the complicated engagements of local concession-holding forest communities with outside actors aiming to develop archaeology-based tourism in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve. A central argument presented is that processes initiated for societal improvement need to be based on trusting relationships in order to be successful. This requires a context sensitive approach that takes into consideration how trust is formed and undermined in specific lifeworlds, as well as postcolonial inequalities. .Theoretically, the book expands existing conceptualisations of trust and emphasises the potential for ethnographic research to further our understanding of this elusive phenomenon. .“How do trust and mistrust permeate the fluid relations among communities living off the forests of northern Guatemala, outside st | | Pindex | Book 2021 |
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